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‘42

ZuhairAnnab sends this photo. “I still have vivid memories of IC. I am 90 years old now, and thank God for my good health. Please visit my website at zuhairannab.com. Please pass my congrats to 2013 graduates. God bless.”

‘53

AbdurRahmansaghir is a Consultant in Weed Management and will be attending the European Weed Research Council meetings in Samsun, Turkey June 22-28, 2013. He is the grandfather of one year old, Aya,(daughter of son Bachir and his wife Hiam Chmaitelly) and to three months old twins AbdurRahman and Noura (son and daughter of his son Mazen and wife Ghina Mumtaz)

‘54

Nicholas Khairallah sends the following photos:

Handbook year 1960

Excursion with 5eme CLASS Abdel RahmanAddoun, ElieTabbakhAtassi Background Nicolas Khairallah On AUB Beach, c1954 Walid Makarem, Nicolas Khairallah, Mohammad Hamidy, Elie Tabbakh, Abdelrahman Addoum Up left: Najem

Zahleh, c 1954 Nicolas Khairallah, Nazarian, Maroun Azar

“We would like to have more information about graduates from French section from the years 1959-1960-1961,” writes Nicolas Khairallah. Email: nicolaskhairallah@gmail.com

‘56

Elie Antoine sehnaoui has the pleasure to announce the engagement of his son Alexander (in Shanghaï where he is a Senior Officer for THE HAVAS GROUP WORLDWIDE) to Alex Baillie US/Canadian Citizen of Swedish descent, to be wed in Sweden next summer 2014; also the recent publication in the United States of his late wife Caroline (CALLY) Rogers Neill’s book-Biography of Charles VII, King of France (1403-1461), entitled “VICTORIOUS CHARLES: A LADIES’ MAN”.

28 SUMMER 2013

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directed our future and our steps later on in life. The feeling of one family under one common roof was overwhelming. I always enjoy hearing about your news & booming success. Thanks for outlining the future for us.

‘57

Mohssen sabra went to Western Germany after graduating from IC where he studied at the Polytechnical College of Aachen ( TH –Aachen ) and was awarded in 1963 the ‘Grade Dipl.-Ingenieur in Elektrotechnik’. From 1964 to 1998, he worked at the Litani River Authority (ONL) as Manager for Hydropower generator, and from 1998 to 2005 as General Manager of Slomiasarl – Lebanon. After 2005, he stopped working in the company but still acts as consultant Engineer. He currently lives in Mechref. He also sends in the following pictures. “The pictures were taken of the French section students at the end of school in 1957 at Mr. Leavitt’s house,” he writes. “One of these pictures shows the “ classeterminale – serieMathematiques “ of the French section.

‘64

sami Asfour is the president of Future Concepts, a Global Marketing Company and a Real Estate Broker doing local and international residential real estate transactions. Mounir Haddad attended the faculty of Law at the University of Saint Joseph and obtained a Master’s Degree in French Law and Lebanese Law in 1968. He started practicing law 1969 and in partnership with other lawyers, he established his own law firm. “My study of the French Law with an English background (Prep. Sect in I.C) was very difficult,” he writes, “but with the encouragement of many IC teachers, I obtained a Law Degree in French.The family spirit of IC is a big asset to all IC graduates.”

The photo is the graduation held in 11/6/1964 in Hotel Phoenicia.

‘66

Michel Antaki sends the following picture.

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Issa Kawar graduated from AUB in 1973 with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering. He is presently a Licensed Professional Engineer of Ontario Canada. After a long career in the Middle East: Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia in the construction industry mainly HVAC in the capacity of a contractor, consultant and dabbling in sales and the restaurant business, he emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2000. He is currently the Project manager at Black and Ellard-WillsonEngineering prestigious consultants in the mechanical and electrical fields. He is married to May Kawar presently Senior account manager at the Royal Bank Of Canada and has four children: Nayef graduated from York University with a degree in Bachelor of Science; Basel is in his last year at York seeking a BA in business economics; Luma is in her 3rd year as a psychology major, and aLeen also 3rd year in kinesiology.

Photo is of eldest son’s Nayef graduation from York University in Toronto.

‘80

Ziad Khatib sends the following photo: “I apologize for the quality of photo. This is the Arabic class with the late Alfred Khouri in 1979 Rockfeller Hall room 205 for 6th A class (class of 1980) . From left to right: Nabil Rashidi,Saad Baalbaki,Saad Azhari, Nadim Ladki, x, Zohair Saba, Nabil Dabbous, Badi Sha’rani, Mr Alfred Khouri, Imad Dana, Mohamed Ahmar, Usama Jadayel, Haig Krakirian, Rana Shammah, Aida Azar and Ramia Midani

‘89

Mazen Slim is living with his wife and daughter in MontrealCanada and will be completing a new graduate diploma in Health and Social Services from McGill University in December 2013. He is presently working at Sun Life Financial, specializing in retirement planning, wealth management and Group Benefits. Mazen is looking forward to have an IC Alumni Branch established in Montreal in the near future. “IC marked my life,” he writes,“and I still miss those old good days!”

‘93

Dr. Talal Jaber and his wife Mirna AbouChacra were blessed by a new baby brother for their daughter Sama, currently an IC student, and their son Melhem. Ramzi Talal Jaber was born on December 27, 2012, in Virginia Beach USA.

BachirHoussam EL-smadi obtained the Associate membership in the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments of the U.K. and is looking to obtaining his Chartered Financial Analyst Diploma of the US in the coming three years. After working for the past five years with NBK Capital in Kuwait, he submitted his resignation and relocated to Canada in May. He is currently contemplating an offer with a big Canadian Financial Conglomerate. He is married to Abeer Lotfy (Egyptian).

‘94

Abdel Kader El Tal finished his BS in Biology and MD degree at the American University of Beirut (AUB). He specialized in Dermatology at AUB and Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He super-specialized in Procedural Dermatology, which consists of training on skin cancer surgery (Mohs surgery) and cosmetic procedures.

30 SUMMER 2013

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He is currently American Board Certified in Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery. He has been working at Wayne State University as Assistant Professor since 2011, but is joining the faculty of the American University of Beirut in July 2013.

Alex Ghanous and his wife, Melanie, welcomed their third child, Isabelle Alexa, in July 2012. “We hope to introduce her to my old campus soon, as it’s worth the trip from Melbourne, Australia!” he writes.

Eng. shadi Ahmadieh is currently working with Solidere–Beirut and is married to NisreenMohtar (Interior Architect) who is finishing up two more courses at LAU before graduating with a double major in “ART”. “As per the Ahmadieh’s tradition of being educated at IC,” he writes, “our sons Fadi (KGII) and Sami (accepted to Nursery 2013-14) are members of the third generation at the Middle East’s best school - IC”

‘99

Cynthia Ghorayeb earned a BA from AUB in Elementary Education and an MA from LAU in TESOL. She is the founding partner of etcetera, Educational Teaching Consultancy (founded in July 2010). Etcetera collaborates with schools and parents to offer supplemental educational services to learners of various needs and skill levels.

‘01

Diana Zeaiter Joumblatt earned her Ph.D. in computer science from the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris in December 2012. Her Ph.D. studies were funded by a merit-based grant from the French ministry for higher education and research. Her research during her Ph.D. was on the automatic detection of Internet service degradations on users’ laptops and desktops. “On this occasion,” she writes, “I would like to thank my classmates and my teachers at IC. I consider myself so lucky to have experienced such amazing moments during my three years spent at IC where I built lasting friendships and unforgettable memories.”

‘02

sara Mukallid and Amine Hammoud would like to share with you the joyful news of the birth of their baby boy, Sam Hammoud born on May 19.

‘05

Balsam Khodr has been working in the Human Resources Department at Phoenicia InterContinental Hotel, Beirut for three years now. She has recently moved to head the Talent Resourcing section at the Hotel, recruiting for both Phoenicia and Le Vendôme InterContinental Hotels.

Mirna Hamady is currently working at Kashida, a product and furniture design company she has co-founded in 2011. Kashida creates functional home accessories and furniture pieces inspired entirely by 3D Arabic typography (www.kashidadesign.com). After a BFA in Graphic Design from the American University of Beirut, as well as work experience in branding and publication design, Mirna ventured along with co-founder Elie Abou Jamra to set up the company which is based in Beirut.

‘12

Karma Osman is currently studying Business Administration at AUB. She is also running her own line of handmade accessories called ‘Rue Des Demoiselles’. RDD has been growing for almost two years now. Karma participated this past December in a Christmas exhibition at Biel, and it was a great success for her. Her items are also being sold in a boutique in Switzerland called ‘Moontaha’. Karma is looking forward to developing her line of accessories in the future. For more information about Rue Des Demoiselles, check out its Facebook page (Rue Des Demoiselles) or follow her on twitter (RueDesDlles). This photo of Karma is from RDD’s second collection/

Carine safa is currently in her sophomore year, studying political studies in the American University of Beirut. She won the Student Representative Committee elections and was elected the President of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. “Even though it has barely been a year since my graduation, but the memories of IC still bring tears to my eyes!” she writes. “I always smile whenever I hear something from IC, my dearest school!”